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MFWA cites Ken Agyapong, Sammy Gyamfi for using “indecent language on radio”

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MFWA cites Ken Agyapong, Sammy Gyamfi for using “indecent language on radio”
A report put out by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), as part of its election 2020 Campaign Language Monitoring project, has mentioned some Ghanaian MPs and political officials from the two main political parties, the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), for using indecent and abusive language on radio.

 

The report is the first of several to be issued by MFWA throughout the election period under its“Issues Not Insults”campaign.

The monitoring and reporting of indecent language is part of the project,“Promoting Decent Language and Issues-based Campaigning for Peaceful Elections in Ghana in 2020.”

The maiden MFWA report was based on the monitoring of 597 programmes on 20 selected radio stations between June 1 and 14, 2020.

The NPP MP for Assin Central, Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyapong; NDC MP for Juaboso, Kwabena Mintah Akando; and NPP MP for Manhyia North, Collins O. Amankwah, were cited for passing insulting and offensive comments on radio.

According to the findings of the report, Mr Agyapong was “found to be the most abusive among all the other individuals cited during the monitoring period” and also “made unsubstantiated allegations, threats and expressions calling for confrontation.”

Mr Agyapong made “eleven out of the 51 indecent expressions recorded during the monitoring period.”

The monitoring report also cited the National Communication Officer of the NDC, Mr Sammy Gyamfi; the National Youth Organiser of the NPP, Nana Boakye (Nana B); the flag bearer of the United Freedom Party (UFP), Nana Agyenim Boateng; and some party officials at the regional level, for making unsubstantiated allegations and other indecent expressions on radio.

“Overall, officials and affiliates of the NDC recorded the highest number (17) of indecent expressions, closely followed by their counterparts in the NPP with 15 incidents. The other political parties whose affiliates were cited are the UFP, with two indecent expressions, and the Convention People’s Party (CPP) with one incident,”the report stated.

The monitoring project also captured a number of radio stations on which the indecent expressions were recorded.

The report showed that “Accra-based Oman FM recorded the highest number (16) of indecent expressions mainly on its National Agenda programme. Power FM, also based in Accra, followed with 10 indecent expressions, all of which were recorded on the station’s Inside Politics programme.”

“The host of the Inside Politics programme on Power FM, Mugabe Maase, was also found to have used the highest number of indecent expressions among the hosts of radio programmes that were monitored. Eleven other radio stations were also cited in the report,” MFWA stated.

Source: Classfmonline.com

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Fulanis threaten to sue EC if they’re stopped from registering

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Fulanis threaten to sue EC if they’re stopped from registering
The leaders of the Fulani community in Ghana have said that they will sue the Electoral Commission if any of the election management body’s officials attempts stopping any Ghanaian Fulani, who is eligible to vote, from taking part in the ongoing voter registration exercise.

 

A statement issued by the group, Tabital Pulaaku International Ghana Chapter, and co-signed by General Secretary Yakubu Musa Barry and Organiser Ahmed Barry, said the rights of Fulanis have been trampled for far too long as far as national exercises such as the voter registration are concerned, adding that they “will not sit down” for the same thing to continue.

“We are always intimidated, maltreated and always denied our right but not this time”, the group said in the statement, stating: “This is a strong warning to EC officials and individuals who will prevent Ghanaian Fulanis from registering or going through the process”.

“They will have to prove that in court”, the statement said.

Apart from the EC, the Fulani community also warned all the representatives of the various political parties who will be policing the process that “they should never attempt to deny any qualified Ghanaian Fulani” the chance to “go through the process”.

The statement urged all qualified Ghanaian Fulanis “to go out in their numbers to register”, and advised them “to adhere to all the protocols and guidelines surrounding the registration”.

Source: Classsfmonline.com

New Voters’ Register: Registration halted at Klottey Korle as EC registers 15 unknown persons before commencement of Registration

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New Voters’ Register: Registration halted at Klottey Korle as EC registers 15 unknown persons before commencement of Registration
The Registration for the new voters ID card has been halted at some party of the klottey Korle Constituency due to allegations that the officials of the Electoral commission registered some 15 persons before the actual commencement of the registration exercise.
This information was made know by Mr. Amorse Blessing Amos, the Deputy Youth Organizer of the the National Democratic Congress Party of the Greater Accra Region.
This news comes after the Electoral Commission has started it’s exercise of compiling a new voters register in preparation towards the 2020 elections.
Comarde Amorse Blessing Amos made this known in a Facebook post on his official page where he said
“A supposed new machine had 15 already registered people before it was brought to the registration center. Thus happened awhile ago at Globe Cinema registration center in the Klottey Korle Constituency …… We’ve stopped the registration. We won’t take this nonsense”.
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Prof. Joshua Alarbi leads NDC 2020 Campaign team

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Prof. Joshua Alarbi leads NDC 2020 Campaign team

NDC NAMES 2020 CAMPAIGN TEAM.
The leadership of the National Democratic Congress has at its Functional Executive Committee (FEC) meeting, held on Monday 29th June 2020, appointed members of the Party’s National Campaign Team that will prosecute the party’s campaign in the December 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections.

Professor Joshua Alabi is the National Campaign Manager, with Hon. Alex Segbefia as his Deputy. Lt. Col. Larry Gbevlo -Lartey, (rtd) is the Director of Operations of the campaign, with James Agyenim Boateng as the Campaign Spokesperson. Mrs. Mawuena Trebarh and Ms. Margaret Ansei are the Deputy Campaign Spokespersons, whilst Gen. R S Blay (rtd) is the Strategic Advisor to the Campaign Team.

Other members of the team include Lawyer Sammy Gyamfi, National Communications Officer; Hon Julius Debrah, former Chief of Staff; Hon Kofi Totobi Quakyi; Hon. Haruna Iddrisu, Minority Leader; Hon Hudu Yahaya; George Opare Addo, National Youth Organizer; Ambassador Sam Pee Yalley; Dr. Valerie Sawyer; Hon Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, Director of Elections; Hon Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, National Chairman; Ambassador Victor Smith; Comrade Joshua Akamba, National Organizer, Dr. Hannah Louisa Bissiw, National Women’s .Organizer; Alhaji Mohammed Mamah, National Zongo Caucus Coordinator, Hon Samuel Sarpong; and Dr. Nana Ama Brown Klutse.

All campaign activities will be under the policy direction of the National Steering Committee to be chaired by the National Chairman, Hon. Samuel Ofosu- Ampofo. In accordance with the Party’s constitution, the coordination of all the various aspects of the campaign will be under the leadership of the General Secretary, Hon Johnson Asiedu Nketiah.

Further information on the Steering Committee and the campaign structure will be announced later.

ISSUED IN ACCRA ON MONDAY 29TH, JUNE 2020

signed………
KAKRA ESSAMUAH
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION

We want a Ghanaian election, not a West African Election – Akufo-Addo

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We want a Ghanaian election, not a West African Election – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo has warned off non-Ghanaians to stay away from both the compilation of a new Voters Register and the 7th December, 2020 general elections.

He says anyone non-eligible to register or to vote but who flouts the law will have the law to deal with.

The President who served the warning while addressing the nation Monday evening, said the Election of 7th December, 2020, must be a Ghanaian election, and not a West African Election.

In that vein, he encouraged all eligible voters (Ghanaians of 18 years and above) to register with the Electoral Commission to enable them vote to elect a president and a parliamentarian of their choice.

He also discounted allegations of plots to rig the election, saying he won’t be president of a rigged election but one with the free mandate of Ghanaians.

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Akuffo Addo ‘Audited Dumelevo Out’ to prevent Auditing of COVID-19 Fund – Yayra Koku

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Akuffo Addo ‘Audited Dumelevo Out’ to prevent Auditing of COVID-19 Fund – Yayra Koku

A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Communication team, Yayra Koku

has alleged that the Auditor-General Daniel Dumelevo has been ”audited out” by President Akuffo Addo due to the possibility of the Auditor-General to audit the COVID-19 fund.

”The Auditor-General was about to audit the COVID-19 fund, and Akufo-Addo has “audited” him out.” He said.

Yayra Koku said Daniel Dumelevo was fighting corruption and so the decision of the president to fight him was unacceptable.

”The man is not fighting corruption. He is fighting those who are fighting corruption. Akufo-Addo is the definition of corruption.” He said.

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The Auditor-General has been directed to go on leave after accumulating more than six months worth of rest.

The directive was contained in a statement signed by the Communications Director Eugene Arhin, released June 29,2020.

The statement said Daniel Domelevo praised for his anti-corruption campaign had only taken nine days of his accumulated leave since he was appointed in December 2016.

The Communications Director said the decision to direct the A-G to proceed on leave had precedent.

The Auditor-General has been at loggerheads with the president’s Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo who has been asked to refund $1million for unlawfully contracting a UK-based consultancy on behalf of the government.

 

Source: PoliticsGhana.com

JUST IN: Ghana, Nigeria excluded from list of travellers permitted to enter Europe from July 1

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JUST IN: Ghana, Nigeria excluded from list of travellers permitted to enter Europe from July 1

Ahead of the planned reopening of its borders to international travellers on July 1, the European Union (EU) Commission has released a list of 54 countries that qualify for travels into Europe. Nigeria and Ghana are conspicuously missing.

Schengenvisainfo.com reports that citizens from Nigeria, Brazil, Qatar, the United States, and Russia would not be allowed to travel into Europe until the epidemiological situation in their countries with regards to COVID-19 improves.

According to the report, the countries whose citizens have been granted permits into Europe as the union opens its borders that were shut to curb the spread of COVID-19, include Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Australia, Bahamas, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Canada.

Others listed are Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Palau, Paraguay, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Serbia, South Korea, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uganda.

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The rest are Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Dominica, Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Lebanon and Mauritius.

Speaking on the development, Eric Manner, the EU Commission spokesman said the union had the right to choose who would enter its borders. He added that it was based on health criteria.

“The European Union has an internal process to determine from which countries it would be safe to accept travellers,” he said.

The EU commission on June 11, presented its recommendation on the reopening of internal Schengen borders on June 15, so that Europeans could travel freely within the borderless areas just as they did before the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Source: happyghana.com

JUST IN: 19-year-old Student assaulted by Ghanaian soldiers at the Ghana-Togo Border

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JUST IN: 19-year-old Student assaulted by Ghanaian soldiers at the Ghana-Togo Border

A 19-year-old female resident of Denu in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta region, Agbolosu Afi has been physically assaulted by military men who were deployed to guard the Ketu South boarder.

According to the Paramount Chief of Aflao Traditional Area, Togbe Fiti Adzongagaga V, the lady who lives in Denu but schools in Lome, Togo, was beaten by some military and immigration officials on the Sekpe border on Monday, 29 June 2020.

Speaking at a press conference held in Aflao to express his displeasure with the security tension in the area, the Chief condemned the action of the Military men.

He noted that if the government fails to withdraw the men in the area, his people will rise against them.

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Speaking to Class News’ Volta Regional Correspondent Albert Kuzor, Agbolosu Afi explained that, she is a Ghanaian who lives with her family in Denu in the Ketu South Municipality but is enrolled in High School in Lome, Togo.

She said, on her way to school around 8 am, some Military and Immigration officers prevented her, together with her brother who was accompanying her from crossing into Lome.

She said, the officers removed their belts and started beating them up.

She was later sent back home.

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The 19-year-old indicated that, since Togo reopened its schools, commuting to school daily has been a struggle with Ghana’s borders still shut and the recent deployment of security personnel to the area has also been another challenge, impeding her access to education.

 

JUST IN: Akuffo Addo directs Daniel Domelevo to proceed on leave

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JUST IN: Akuffo Addo directs Daniel Domelevo to proceed on leave

The Auditor-General has been directed to go on leave after accumulating more than six months worth of rest.

The directive was contained in a statement signed by the Communications Director Eugene Arhin, released June 29,2020.

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The statement said Daniel Domelevo praised for his anti-corruption campaign had only taken nine days of his accumulated leave since he was appointed in December 2016.

The Communications Director said the decision to direct the A-G to proceed on leave had precedent.

The Auditor-General has been at loggerheads with the president’s Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo who has been asked to refund $1million for unlawfully contracting a UK-based consultancy on behalf of the government.

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He was appointed in the dying days of the Mahama administration in December 2016. Since then, he has been viewed by figures within the NPP government with scepticism about his neutrality.

One of the people who criticised his appointment, Yaw Osafo-Maafo.

But  Daniel Domelevo has been praised for his anti-corruption fight. His work has also been applauded by diplomats.

Daniel Domelevo’s viral comment, ‘if you fight corruption, corruption will fight you back’ earned him praise from the Danish Ambassador.

Named the 2019 Integrity Personality of the Year, he has injected some bite in the work of the Audit Service formerly seen as toothless.

 

He has unearthed scandalous dealings at the GETFUND where scholarships were given to politically connected persons and cronies.

The report also attracted criticisms from within the government who questioned the methods employed in auditing and reporting the findings.

While the president’s directive quoted relevant labour laws, the term ‘proceed on leave’ is a politically charged word in Ghana. It is seen as a euphemism for sacking.

The Auditor-General is a position ranked as equal to an Appeals Court judge. He enjoys the security of tenure until retirement.

The Auditor-General has said he would go into farming if he ever leaves office. This was after concerns he may be removed from office.

 

The Auditor-General has said he had heard threats of being made to suffer the same fate as Charlotte Osei, who was removed from her Electoral Commission post in 2018.

“Who says I care? I don’t care. Life doesn’t end here,” he said and revealed his professional options.

“My father has a lot of farmlands. I will go and farm.”

 

Source: The Ghana Report

Deployment of military to Volta, Oti regions creates suspicion – Rawlings

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Deployment of military to Volta, Oti regions creates suspicion – Rawlings

Former President Jerry Rawlings has backed cries of concern following the deployment of military and other security personnel to border towns in the Volta and Oti regions.

In a statement, Mr. Rawlings said the move by the government is “generating animosity especially amongst innocent citizens whose basic way of life is being disrupted.”

“The deployment along the borders at peacetime especially at this particular point in time has created so much suspicion and will call for a lot of intelligent flexibility and diligence,” he added.

The said suspicions arise from the upcoming voters’ register compilation which starts on Tuesday.

With the Volta and Oti regions fetching the opposition NDC a chunk of their votes, the party is crying foul over voter suppression.

The NDC says the government is using the military to intimidate residents in these towns from registering to vote in December.

Governing New Patriotic Party MP K.T. Hammond lends credence to this.

According to the lawmaker from Adansi Asokwa, the troops are to ensure foreigners to not get to register to vote in Ghana’s elections.

However, Volta Regional Minister Archibald Letsa and the Interior Minister Ambrose Dery dispute this.

The two Ministers say the troops are merely there to enforce the border closure as part of measures to control the importation of Covid-19 into the country.

But Rawlings says “the Covid-19 restrictions have created enough difficulties for most of our citizens.

“Let us not make it worse with overbearing and intimidating behaviour towards our border dwellers whose livelihood solely depend on activities along the border.”

“Ahead of the voter registration exercise and the December elections, it is important that we demonstrate a sense of fairness and justice to all individuals and groups of people whilst maintaining the integrity and the sanctity of the process,” he added.

Source: Joy News

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